Lantern



( No Model.) I

I ROWLAND.

1 LANTERN N0. 530,626: V "Patented Dec. 11, 1894..

Witnesses:

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE'ROWLAND, OF OONSHOHOCKEN, PENNSYLVANIA. v

LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,626, dated December11, 1894. Application filed September-26,1894. SerialNo|524,212. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Conshohocken, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania,have invented new and useful Improvements in Lanterns; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of saidinvention, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to lanterns and has for its object the productionof alight, cheap and simple illuminating lamp particularly designed foruse in connection with Christmas trees.

The invention will first be described in connectionwith the drawing andthen particularly pointed out in the claims.

The drawing illustrates a side elevation of my improved lamp, partly insection to more clearly illustrate some of the details. 4

The base A having feet 0., is preferably of such material as willcontain oil if desired,

and to the neck is secured a metal top having an opening provided withan internally screw-threaded ring a adapted to receive and hold acandle. In place of a candle, a small ordinary lamp burner may bescrewed into,

the ring a as indicated by the dotted lines. Secured to the metal topand projecting upward ly therefrom are several spring fingers 0. havingoutwardly bowed portions ct intermediate their ends and adapted toengage an external head on the lowerend of the chimney or globe B. Theupper flaring end of the chimney has fitted to it a light metal cap 0 ofa diameter greater than that of the top'of the chimney throughout thelength or height of said cap, so that said chimney may be moved up intosaid cap when the lamp or candle is to be lighted. The lower part of thecap is slitted vertically to .form spring fingers c the lower ends ofwhich extend under the flaring top or upper head of the chimney. The topof the cap is provided with a hook c swiveled in the center thereof, sothat the lantern may be suspended as from the branch of a Christmas treeand freely turn.

Light wire rods cl, forming a guard about the globe or chimney, havetheir ends passed through suitable openings in theends of the fingers aand c, and are provided with shoul= ders or offsets each side of thefingers to prevent movement therethrough in either direction. Thesewires (1 are bowed and form the only connection between the base andcap, except that afforded by the chimney. Therefore when the chimney islifted from the fingers a? to get access to the candle or lamp I burner,if the movement of the chimney into the cap '0 and to the upper end ofthe latter, is insufiicient to obtain such access, the wires will yieldand permit the cap to be farther removed from the base so that thechimney can be-lifted somewhat farther.

Air enters between the fingers a and the products of combustion andheated air escape between the fingers c.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is-'- 1. A lanterncomprising in its construction a base and cap each having a plurality ofspring fingers, wires connecting the fingers of the base with those ofthe top, and a chimney or globe normally held by the base fingers butadapted to be lifted therefrom and moved upward into the cap,substantially as described.

2. A lantern comprising in its construction the base having springfingers 0, provided with outwardly bowediportions a the chimney or globeB having an annular head at its lower end adapted to enter the bowedportionsof the fingers a and having another bead atits upper end, thecylindrical cap H having spring fingers c and adapted to permit thepassage of the upper end of the chimney to the top of the cap, a hook cswiveled in the top of said-cap, and the wires d having their endspassed through holes in the spring fingers and provided with shouldersor offsets each side of the latter, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

' GEORGE ROWLAND. Witnesses:

ABRAHAM S. HULLMAN, GEORGE W. GROFF.

